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Definition of Sitka spruce
1. Noun. A large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada; has sharp stiff needles and thin bark; the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sitka Spruce
Literary usage of Sitka spruce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. EcoRegions of Alaska by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"Needleleaf forest stands are dominated by hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla or T.
mertensiana) and subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) or by Sitka spruce (Picea ..."
2. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Sitka spruce (local and com- Menzies Spruce. mon name). Western Spruce.
Tideland Spruce (Cal., Oreg., Great Tideland Spruce. Wash.). Locality. ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"Sitka spruce lives 500-700 years. Its leaves are dark green needles, about an
inch long, and they cover all the branches. At the top of the tree, ..."
4. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Identifying Trees Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis). Alaska's state tree, the Sitka
spruce grows-225 feet high, up to eight feet in diameter, ..."
5. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"These preferred stands included the following site associations: ( 1 ) valley
bottom, western red cedar/Sitka spruce - foamflower (mean diameter at breast ..."
6. Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters by Society of American Foresters (1912)
"... (b) by favoring the most valuable species (Sitka spruce), and alter the type
by encouraging the growth of spruce and cleaning out some of the hemlock. ..."
7. The Armies of Industry: Our Nation's Manufacture of Munitions for a World in by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"New England spruce is not clear timber like Sitka spruce, but is full of pin
knots; and the manufacturers hesitated to use it on that score. ..."
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